tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post7970267427154456815..comments2023-05-27T00:43:09.053-07:00Comments on Aliyah On Purpose: Guilty or Not Guilty?MOMZWIFEOFDADZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601935053533661519noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-34570100172351869032013-04-30T04:03:47.799-07:002013-04-30T04:03:47.799-07:00Thanks for replying, I guess I can see your point ...Thanks for replying, I guess I can see your point of having felt like being an outsider myself in the U.S. I guess I would just add that, although content here, I also feel like an outsider here as well but that's OK for me.<br /><br />jeff@kefintl.comJeffrey Walsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648626474400277776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-68143134048133090722013-04-28T23:36:05.035-07:002013-04-28T23:36:05.035-07:00Hi, Jeff - I agree with you that we will always be...Hi, Jeff - I agree with you that we will always be outsiders, but I feel so much less of an outsider here than I did in the US. As for the Jewish future, good point - but I wasn't trying to make a political point, just an emotional one! Thanks for commenting.MOMZWIFEOFDADZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601935053533661519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-26720228392194970382013-04-28T07:50:28.423-07:002013-04-28T07:50:28.423-07:00Don't you always feel though that at almost an...Don't you always feel though that at almost any age (except early childhood) that when one makes Aliyah, that you are always a bit of an outsider to native born Israelis. They run the show here in almost every respect. I've spoken to many Olim here-some who have been here 30 years or more- and they tell me they remain outside of the Israeli mainstream even if they speak Modern Hebrew well. They've come to terms with this second-class status as I have,but lets state the way it really is here. Olim don't run the show here and it's time we start accepting reality.<br /><br />Also to say that one is "making the Jewish future here." I just wonder does that mean one is furthering the Jewish future here in the Middle East or is making an Israeli future. I don't believe the two identities are synonymous.<br /><br />jeff@kefintl.comJeffrey Walsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648626474400277776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-15104051917474397142013-04-27T18:45:04.834-07:002013-04-27T18:45:04.834-07:00Shalom Susan! I can't tell you how much I have...Shalom Susan! I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your posts! In the past week or so I have read your entire blog! I have laughed through some posts, cried through others and a few times both laughed & cried through the same post. G-d willing my family & I will be making Aliyah in the next 12-15 months. Your blog has offered such inspiration & I have enjoyed living vicariously through your stories. I am hoping to make Aliyah to Modiin so I appreciate what I've learned about the area from your descriptions. I hope to meet you someday when I get to Israel. Secondly, I will be spending my summer living/working in Chicago. I know you have other family there & was hoping that they could perhaps assist me in finding a synagogue to call home for the summer. I've done some researching online & reading synagogue web pages but would appreciate some inside perspective from someone living there. I didn't see any contact info on your blog so I didn't know how else to reach you so I'm leaving a comment. If you would send me an email I would appreciate it. My e-mail is ardentlily (at) gmail (dot) com. Shalom Aleichem to you & your family! -Abigail Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833536847770339529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-90980344503615337892013-04-19T02:43:41.521-07:002013-04-19T02:43:41.521-07:00Hi, Alice, thanks for commenting! Good luck to yo...Hi, Alice, thanks for commenting! Good luck to you and your children, and you are right, it's all in Hashem's hands anyway....MOMZWIFEOFDADZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601935053533661519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-15881422777851985772013-04-19T02:42:45.420-07:002013-04-19T02:42:45.420-07:00Good point! I am always impressed with people who...Good point! I am always impressed with people who make aliyah in the summer - I mean, do they get off the plane and think, "uh oh."MOMZWIFEOFDADZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601935053533661519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-2923810676926014392013-04-18T06:51:14.828-07:002013-04-18T06:51:14.828-07:00It's not so much guilt,then worry. I used to w...It's not so much guilt,then worry. I used to worry about my son and his family being in Israel,now I'm more worried about being here in America.Maryland is run by the General Asylum (ASSembly).<br />waiting for my daughter to graduate from HS and find a suitable <br />place to live and accommodate our Mentally Disabled son there.<br />Hashem has seen us through before, and he will I'M'H again and always. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926577041182457812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-58572067780176551872013-04-18T05:34:07.859-07:002013-04-18T05:34:07.859-07:00I feel more of an intense "must get there now...I feel more of an intense "must get there now". Although, July is rapidly approaching...<br /><br />Dovid Cohen<br />www.theisraelink.com Baltimore News Deskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802901153870776377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654290615470257413.post-32902330847461542672013-04-18T04:40:51.160-07:002013-04-18T04:40:51.160-07:00Do you have a sensor in my brain? Since I made al...Do you have a sensor in my brain? Since I made aliyah I feel so guilty that I didn't do it earlier; didn't serve in the army or sherut leumi; didn't come at the start of my career...<br />I just keep reminding myself that I am finally here, thank God. But I'm not sure if that feeling will ever go away.<br />SaraKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053908720926177402noreply@blogger.com